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Paste in Place
Hi folks,
There is a shortcut CTRL + SHIFT + D to paste something in the same place. I've tried it on a few things but it's not working. Is it working for anyone else?
I'm working on something where I am pasting things down a timeline and I want it to paste in the exact same place, but by default, it pastes items with an offset.
Thanks.
Hi again folks. I have found the culprit. When I have Snagit running on my computer, the CTRL+SHIFT+D doesn't work.
This will be an annoying one as I would use Snagit a lot to capture screenshots for students, etc. I'll see if there is a particular setting on Snagit that might fix this. But if the Articulate team are looking, it would be worth investigating for them as well.
Thank you for sharing! This was happening to me as well!!!!
So that's what it! Thank you for the revelation! I wonder what the technical reason would be for this.
Hi! I had the same problem and managed to fix it by changing the keyboard shortcut that used the same keys in SnagIt.
You can make this change in SnagIt's screenshot preferences in the Hotkeys tab. These are the keys for Video Capture - Open and Exit Drawing mode. I changed it to Ctrl+Alt+D.
Ah the classic Storyline 10 pixel offset vs 8 pixel CTRL NUDGE....
I have often mulled what bizarre dreamscape Articulate were thinking when they came up with this little nugget! lol XDThere is a way to not have this happen though Scott, and Ive just checked my own Storyline to confirm before posting this, and yes, when I do CTRL SHIFT D, it puts it pixel perfect in place?!
I will dig around and see if I can find how I changed this!...
FYI I find that Copy-Paste occasionally introduces corruption, while Duplicate doesn’t. It happens often enough that for me, it is worth moving the object.
To be fair, I don’t really know if Paste-in-place has the same problem.
Thanks Walt, I'll keep that in mind. For now I'm using the new-ish timeline visualisation toggle to quickly move my duplicated objects ontop of each other.
Unless the way duplicate has worked it just runs the copy and paste function so shouldn't be any different
Yeah sorry Scott. Ive dug around and even checked to see had I tweaked the Storyline files themselves to "bake in" the change, but no. Its just vanilla SL (32 and 64).
Do you want to try to send me your SL file that isnt working?
If that works for me here then its your SL, if not, then its the file.
Not a solution, but might help save your sanity! ;)I believe Snag-it has this issue with a number of apps
Wow Scott, I wouldnt have thought about that one. Well done on your detective work (Holmes aint got nothing on you!!)
And also thank you so much for coming back to share that nugget of wisdom with the rest of the community. So many times if the solution is found, the OP doesnt come back to post it.
THank you!
No problem at all Hanley. Thanks =)
Hey Andrew, thanks for getting back to me soo quickly. I can only imagine the offset would help those who didn't want something to paste exactly in the same place so one item wouldn't be ontop of the other.
I tried Storyline and the 64 BIT version but CTRL+SHIFT+D doesn't do it for me. I tried disabling my MS PowerToys incase there was a shortcut overriding it but not working.
Not a lot of Storyline Options that I can find either.
It's a mystery =D
Hey Andrew, I wish I could but it's a work file. I tried a brand new blank file and it's not working. Must be something on my end. I'm going to try Storyline on a different machine later.
Thanks again
ctrl+shift+D works if you are on storyline 360
Yeah, that's what I'm doing. Have tried copying something then ctrl shift D and it does nothing. Using the latest version of articulate 360
And you are on 360 not storyline 3. Have you defined that key combination elsewhere?
It may be time to request support because that is a basic function that should work.
M
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Phil's point is that hotkeys can be defined elsewhere in the system, and maybe that definition is taking precedence.
Thanks Walt. Yeah it must be. I have tried Storyline 360 on a different computer and the paste in place is working as expected.
